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Between Secular and Sacred: Abraham ibn Ezra and the Song of Songs [PDF]

, 2004
The work of the Judeo-Spanish poet and exegete Abraham Ibn Ezra (d. 1167 C.E.) featuring the language of the Song is perhaps the best showcase of the interplay between sacred and secular in Hebrew Andalusī literature.
David Wacks
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Granada, between the Zirids and the Nasrids [PDF]

, 2013
Despite the many studies done since the end of the 19th century on the urban evolution of the city of Granada, many unresolved questions still remain and researchers have differing opinions concerning important issues.1 Numerous, often urgent ...
Orihuela, Antonio
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Imperiale Herrschaft an der Peripherie?:Hegemonialstreben und politische Konkurrenz zwischen christlichen und islamischen Herrschern im früh- und hochmittelalterlichen ‛Westen’

, 2017
The only imperial coronation in medieval Spain, which took place in León in 1135, provides the basis for a comparative analysis of political languages in Christian and Islamic Spain, putting various imperial claims into the context of the political ...
Drews, W. (Wolfram)
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Islamic tolerance and the West: early encounters and influences [PDF]

, 2014
This article is an attempt to explore the conception of tolerance as an inherent principle of Islam, and to show how it was practised when Islam was a political and cultural power.
Naseri, Fahimeh
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Religious transformations in the Middle Ages: towards a new archaeological agenda [PDF]

, 2017
The study of religious change in Europe between the collapse of the Roman Empire and the Reformation forms one of the cornerstones of medieval archaeology but has been riven by period, denominational and geographical divisions.
Acién M, Aleks Pluskowski, Anders Andrén, Andrea Augenti, Andrén A, Astill G, Augenti A, Azuar Ruiz R, Azuar Ruiz R, Balaguer A M, Barrera Maturana J A, Barzen R J, Bhabha H, Bhabha H, Blair J, Blomkvist N, Boddington A, Bradley R, Brugger E, Cantino Wataghin G, Carver M, Carver M O H, Curran J, Cusack C, De Miguel Ibáñez M P, Dunn M, Eiroa J A, Ensoli S, Fern C, Fernández-Ugalde A, Fiocchi Nicolai V, Fletcher R, Fletcher R, Francisco Olmos J M de, Gabor Thomas, Gaimster D, Geelhaar T, Gerrard C, Gilchrist R, Gilchrist R, Ginzburg C, Glick T F, Grenville Astill, Guidobaldi F, Guillermo García-Contreras Ruiz, Gutiérrez Lloret S, Harck O, Hedeager L, Heiki Valk, Hobsbawn E, Hoggett R, Insoll T, Jesch J, Jonuks T, Jörn Staecker, Kala T, Katznelson I, Kilbride W, Koperkiewicz A, Krautheimer R, Krautheimer R, Leopold A M, Lindberg A, Malpica Cuello A, Malpica Cuello A, Martínez-Enamorado V, Mattingly D, Meier T, Meneghini R, Moreno García M, Navarro Palazón J, Nordeide S W, Odoj R, Patze H, Petts D, Pluskowski A G, Price N S, Reuter F, Roberta Gilchrist, Russell J, Sayer D, Schama S, Scull C, Shiroukhov R, Stiegemann C, Szczepański S, Süss H-P, Thomas G, Thomas G, Thompson V, Urbańczyk P, Urbańczyk P, Urbańczyk P, Valenzuela-Lamas S, Valk H, Vigil-Escalera I A, Voluev A, Wamers E, Wamers E, Yorke B, Švābe A   +100 more
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Trade and Geography in the Economic Origins of Islam: Theory and Evidence [PDF]

This research examines the economic origins of Islam and uncovers two empirical regularities. First, Muslim countries, virtual countries and ethnic groups, exhibit highly unequal regional agricultural endowments.
Alireza Naghavi, Giovanni Prarolo, Stelios Michalopoulos   +2 more
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The Crusades and church art in the era of Las Navas de Tolosa [PDF]

, 2011
The art and architecture of Romanesque churches provided for fascinating manifestations of «crusade ideology» in the Iberian Peninsula during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
Gómez, M.D. (Miguel Dolán)
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The Sasanian Tradition in ʽAbbāsid Art : squinch fragmentation as The structural origin of the muqarnas [PDF]

, 2016
Islamic architecture presents a three-dimensional decoration system known as muqarnas. An original system created in the Near East between the second/eighth and the fourth/tenth centuries due to the fragmentation of the squinche, but it was in the fourth/
Carrillo, Alicia
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Two Developing Countries with two Different Economic Results: A Comparative study of Thailand & Morocco [PDF]

, 2004
After visiting Thailand in 1996 and Morocco in 2001, it was very evident that these two countries had many similarities. Both countries are ruled by monarchs, both are developing countries, and both have overcome many adversities.
Gillard, Debora J
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Passion and Conflict: Medieval Islamic Views of the West

, 2014
This article analyzes the representation of al-Andalus and North Africa in medieval Islamic maps from the eleventh to the fifteenth centuries. In contrast to other maps of the Mediterranean, which display a veneer of harmony and balance, the image of the
Pinto, Karen C.
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